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Cartherics grants licence for CTH-004 to Shunxi

Pharmaceutical Technology

Australian biotechnology company Cartherics has granted licence for CTH-004 , its autologous CAR-T cell product, to Chinese company Shunxi. Shunxi will also hold an option to negotiate rights to other CAR-T products, which include the licenced IP.

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Q&A: A decade on, what’s next for CAR-T therapies?

Pharmaceutical Technology

More than a decade after the first patient was treated with a CAR-T therapy, six therapies relying on the same principles have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and marketed to thousands of patients. Bruce Levine [BL]: We now have six approved CAR-T therapies. How has the field changed in recent years?

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A broad range of unmet needs remains in the immuno-oncology space

Pharmaceutical Technology

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies are the only genetically modified cell therapies to have received regulatory approval, and they are currently utilised in relapsed/refractory settings. Cost-related unmet needs also scored highly.

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J&J gets first approval for multiple myeloma bispecific Tecvayli

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It joins a number of other BCMA-directed therapies for multiple myeloma, including GSK’s first-to-market antibody-drug conjugate Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin), Bristol-Myers Squibb/bluebird bio’s CAR-T therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) and J&J/Legend Biotech’s CAR-T Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel).

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After a slow start for expensive CAR-T therapies, drug developers revisit oral therapies for blood cancer

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There’s been huge progress in treatments for blood cancer in recent years – but drawbacks of expensive CAR-T cell and injected antibody therapies have led drug developers to look at novel oral therapies as patient-friendly alternatives. CellCentric, a U.K-based

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Amtagvi (Lifileucel) Scores Landmark Win as First FDA-Approved T-Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor

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Related: FDA Issues Letters to CAR T-Cell Therapy Makers to Include Boxed Warning Amtagvi was approved through the FDA’s Accelerated Approval pathway. Most chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies cost around $500,000 or less. The cost is the highest of any cell-based cancer drug in the US.

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The current pharma business model is unsustainable

World of DTC Marketing

In pharma, growth depends on new products with hefty price tags when over 80% of voters want lower costs for their prescription drugs. More recently developed agents, such as CAR T-cell therapy, may cost almost USD 500,000 annually. Wall Street wants growth, as do investors, but that may be impossible for pharmaceutical companies.